Bill Text: NY A00413 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to expanding the definition of "public body".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to governmental operations [A00413 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A00413-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          413
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of A. PAULIN, GALEF, CAHILL, CAMARA, COOK, DINOWITZ,
         GUNTHER, HOOPER, KAVANAGH, KELLNER,  LUPARDO,  MILLMAN,  ROSENTHAL  --
         Multi-Sponsored  by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
       AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  the  definition
         of a "public body"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 102 of the public officers law, as
    2  amended by chapter 704 of the laws of 1979 and such  section  as  renum-
    3  bered by chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
    4    2.  "Public  body" means any entity, for which a quorum is required in
    5  order to conduct public business and  which  consists  of  two  or  more
    6  members,  performing  a  governmental  function  for the state or for an
    7  agency or department thereof, or for a public corporation as defined  in
    8  section  sixty-six  of  the  general  construction  law, or committee or
    9  subcommittee or other similar body of such public body, AND  ANY  ENTITY
   10  CONSISTING  OF  TWO  OR  MORE  MEMBERS CREATED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE
   11  GOVERNOR.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04230-01-3
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